Nice gesture from Villalibre after the match “Athletic” – “Alaves”
Azier Villalibre was the main character of this Tuesday in Athletic Club. Although Ernesto Valverde’s plans will see them continue to remain in Guruzeta’s shadow, Bufalo are closing the door to entering the winter market based on the cup winner’s goals and fame. He scored in Ipurua in the round of 16 against Eibar and tonight he scored the draw in the round of 16 against Eibar. Deportivo Alaves with two excellent goals from a clean ‘9’: one making space in the box to fire a rocket and the other diving and firing a forehand at will. The bearded forward not only received applause and approval from the fans for his excellent performance. In addition, he received recognition from the Babazorros fans and players for once again showing them that he is a great man.
In the 28th minute, Villalibre received Oyan Sunset leaked the pass and, having protected himself with his body and wandered around in search of a place where to stick his foot out, he struck with his left hand to which Antonio Sivera was unable to react, although he was about to use his short stick. The red and white number “20” stopped his obvious joy and He didn’t want to celebrate the 1-0 score. in San Mamés out of respect for Alaves, the club for which he played on loan last season. The Guernica man enjoys a great relationship with the blue and white dressing room, as he already demonstrated in the build-up to the match when he came up to greet the Vitorian expedition, still dressed in his street clothes.
Villalibre’s displays of affection for Alaves continued unabated. The third came in the 60th minute when, after a period of away dominance with clear chances of a draw in the boots of Giuliano Simeone and, above all, Samou Omorodion, Bufalo sent a measured center from Oscar de Marcos into the net. to ensure Athletic reach the quarter-finals of the Copa del Rey. As in the first goal, the local striker He did not celebrate the score 2:0 and apologized with Glorious fans.
The final show of respect, most grateful to the visiting fans and staff, came after Soto Grado blew the final whistle of the match. Villalibre, the great hero of the match, had a nice gesture of hugging and consoling all the players of Deportivo Alaves one by one. When he finished, he crossed a few meters of grass to walk. in the corner where there were Babazorra fans who had moved to Bilbao to applaud them and apologize for knocking them out of the Copa del Rey. Apparently, the rival fans responded with thunderous applause. How can you not love him!
He plays down his details and confirms that he is not leaving Athletic.
“I’m very happy with the work I do. It’s very important to use the minutes, and I think I’m doing that,” Villalibre himself said in the mixed zone, where he was asked about the details of his relationship with his opponent. In this sense, he made it clear that although this is Close friends Alaves players “In the end, friendships are left behind.” “On the field, everyone does their job, they go with their team to give their best, but I said hello to everyone and they congratulated me.. They always say that. There are no friends on the field, they are always respected, but for me the main thing is to do my job,” he modestly insisted.
For “Buffalo” from Guernica it is “Seeing your work bear fruit is a source of pride and great happiness.” and confirmed that he remains at Athletic. “I already said I’ll be here And I wasn’t going to go anywhere, it’s clear that things are going well,” he commented, realizing that “it’s very important for a striker to score.” “I’m happy with this series which I have because it gives me a lot of self-confidence. Success is not something you choose, it is something you work for day after day, throughout the season. You don’t concede more goals because you want to, sometimes you score and sometimes you don’t. There is also a moment of luck, this is work and a little more luck,” he concluded.